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El Karra Iron Mine

Past Producer in Egypt with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079547
MRDS ID W029175
Record type Site
Current site name El Karra Iron Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 29.09119, 28.38374 (WGS84)
Elevation 268
Relative position 30KM N. OF EASTERN PLATEAU BOUNDING THE BAHARIYA DEPRESSION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Barite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHEMICAL ANALYSIS: FE 0.87% - 59.20% AVG. 44.03% V.C. 13.14%; SIO2 0.87% - 29.15% AVG. 12.53% V.C. 49.31%; MN 0.09% - 6.02% AVG. 2.98% V.C. 67.55%; CL 0.13% - 5.15% AVG. 0.82% V.C. 101.00%; P2O5 0.01% - .76% AVG. 0.16% V.C. 84.00%; SO3 0.22% - 4.7% AVG. 1.06 V.C. 69.00% (V.C. VARIABILITY COEFFICIENT % AVG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone;Clastic Rock
    Rock description Limestone;Clastic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) 29.09119, 28.38374
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Anticline At Southern Scarp Of Area
Type of structure Local
Structure description Unconformity Between Upper Cret And Meo Faulting Are Of A Ne-Sw Trend

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Thickness 8M
    Depth to top 1M
    Depth to bottom 25.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer G.S.E

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: EVALUATION OF EL HARRA IRON ORE DEPOSIT BAHARIYA OASIS BY EL NAASAN

  • Deposit

    EVALUATION OF EL HARRA IRON ORE DEPOSIT 13 AHARIA OASIS BY B. EL NAASAN, I. BISHARA VOL. 1 TEXT. INTERNAL REPOR

  • Deposit

    1958 FIELD WORK ZAATAUT

  • Deposit

    1963 FIELD WORK ISSAWI

  • Deposit

    1970 FIELD WORK EL BASSYONY

  • Deposit

    1973 FIELD WORK AMER

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS BANDED CAVERNOUS ORE, BLACK MARGINFEROUS ORE, GOLITIC PISOLITIC ORE OR FERRUGINOUS S.S
Deposit ORE RESERVES AS CALCULATED BY THE PROFILES METHOD AND CHECKED BY THE BLACKS METHOD AMOUNT TO 53.70 MILLION TONS TAKING THE CUT-OFF GRADE AS 30% FE AND MINIMUM WORKABLE THICKNESS OF METRE OF THE TOTAL RESERVES 96.4% ARE CONSIDERED TO BE OF A MEDIUM GRADE AS THEY CONTAIN 40 - 50% FE THE REST OF THE RESERVES ARE MAINLY OF LOWER GRADE CONTAINING 30 - 40% FE ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Tabarak U.S. Geological Survey

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